The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 - 13 pages |
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... thofe of the Gods ; the day , for " the labour of all creatures in their several " employments ; the night , for their flumber . " A month is a day and night of the Patriarchs ; " and it is divided into two parts ; the 2 ON THE CHRONOLOGY.
... thofe of the Gods ; the day , for " the labour of all creatures in their several " employments ; the night , for their flumber . " A month is a day and night of the Patriarchs ; " and it is divided into two parts ; the 2 ON THE CHRONOLOGY.
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... month of the lower world ; and then a year of such months will consist only of twelve days and nights , and thirty fuch years will compofe a lunar year of mortals ; whence he furmises , that the four million three hundred and twenty ...
... month of the lower world ; and then a year of such months will consist only of twelve days and nights , and thirty fuch years will compofe a lunar year of mortals ; whence he furmises , that the four million three hundred and twenty ...
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... month of BRAHMA ' ; twelve fuch months , one of his years ; and an hundred fuch years , his age ; of which age they affert , that fifty years have elapfed . We are now then , according to the Hindus , in the first day or Calpa of the 8 ...
... month of BRAHMA ' ; twelve fuch months , one of his years ; and an hundred fuch years , his age ; of which age they affert , that fifty years have elapfed . We are now then , according to the Hindus , in the first day or Calpa of the 8 ...
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William Jones. Hindus , in the first day or Calpa of the first month of the fifty - first year of BRAHMA's age , and in the twenty - eighth divine age of the fe- venth Manwantara , of which divine age the three first human ages have ...
William Jones. Hindus , in the first day or Calpa of the first month of the fifty - first year of BRAHMA's age , and in the twenty - eighth divine age of the fe- venth Manwantara , of which divine age the three first human ages have ...
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... three hundred and forty - five years ; now it is even more improbable , that four fucceffive kings should have reigned eighty - fix years and four • months each , than that NANDA should have been 42 ON THE CHRONOLOGY.
... three hundred and forty - five years ; now it is even more improbable , that four fucceffive kings should have reigned eighty - fix years and four • months each , than that NANDA should have been 42 ON THE CHRONOLOGY.
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afferted affuming affured aftronomers alfo alſo ancient anſwered Arabick beautiful becauſe beſt BHAIRAVA bloffoms bofom bower BRAHMA BUDDHA called cauſe Chaturanga Chineſe cloſe compofed confifts CRISHNA damfel defire deſcribed divine eſpecially expreffed eyes faid fame fays fecond feemed feven fhall fince firft firſt fleep flowers folar fome foul ftars fubject fuch fuppofed fyftem grant flowers heart HERI himſelf Hindus hiſtory houſe hundred India Indian INDRA iſland itſelf juſt king laſt leaſt lotos lunar Magadha manfion meaſure MENU modes moon moſt mufick muft muſician muſt night obfervation paffage paffed paffion Pandits Perfian perfon pleaſure praiſe preſent prince purpoſe RA'DHA raiſed reaſon reſemblance reſpect ſaid Sanferit ſeems ſeven ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould SO'MA ſome ſtars ſuch ſuppoſed ſyſtem thee themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion univerfal uſed vafe Véda's Védas verſes VISHNU weft whofe whoſe